Hot Milk Cake
If you've got cake flour, baking powder and salt, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and saucepan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Heat the oven to 350 F (175 C) and grease and lightly flour a 9 by 13 inch baking pan, tapping out any excess.
- Whisk the cake flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs with an electric mixer on high speed for 4 to 5 minutes until thick and pale, then gradually beat in the sugar until the mixture is light and ribbony.
- Warm the milk and butter together in a small saucepan over low heat just until the butter melts and the mixture is steaming but not boiling, then stir in the vanilla.
- Reduce the mixer to low and beat the flour mixture into the eggs just until no streaks remain, then pour in the hot milk and butter and beat briefly until the batter is smooth and thin.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 28 to 32 minutes, until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before slicing and serving.
You'll use: Oven · Saucepan · Pan · Whisk · Mixer
Ingredient substitutions
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Hot Milk Cake take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 8 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of eggs?
Try ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Hot Milk Cake vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Hot Milk Cake is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Hot milk cake02.jpg by EAT&ART TARO, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.